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sere |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS se['a]r (assumed) fr se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to to wither, Gr a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf {Austere}, {Sorrel}, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. --Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sere \Sere\, a. Dry; withered. Same as {Sear}. But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.] Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sere adj : (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: {dried-up}, {sear}, {shriveled}, {shrivelled}, {withered}]
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